Gothic Ivories Project | Belt buckle (ceinture) (Back)

Belt buckle (ceinture) (Back)

View other images of this object

Front

Links

Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
www.loire-atlantique.fr

To purchase an image
musee.dobree@loire-atlantique.fr

Nantes, Musée Thomas Dobrée

Inv. 969.7.19

Ivory

Height: 65mm
Width: 45mm
Depth: 9mm

Crucified Christ (Crucifixion).
Crosshatched background.

Museum's opinion 2013: late 14th or early 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Label with inscriptions : 'COLLECTION DU DR P. THOBY NANTES XVII'.

Object Condition
Two holes in the lower part of the piece for attachment to the belt.

Provenance
Collection of Dr Thoby, Nantes (bought in Paris, 2 July 1935; no. XVII of Thoby's collection): his bequest to the museum in 1969.

Bibliography
P. Thoby, carnet n° 48, Ivoires, Dossier Thoby, Archives du musée Dobrée [s.d.; handwritten], no. XVII.

Image

All images on this website are made available exclusively for scholarly and educational purposes and may not be used commercially.

Please remember to acknowledge any use of the site in publications and lectures as: 'Gothic Ivories Project at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, www.gothicivories.courtauld.ac.uk', followed by the date you accessed the site.